Courage and Fear
Ones who are blessed and don't even know it
Feeling the love but too frightened to show it
Courage comes in all multitudes of ways
And so much will be needed toward the end days
But sometimes the bravery it requires to carry on
Can often make one feel they've gloriously won
When in reality there's no real reason to smile
And all alone they'll walk that last mile
Call upon the surgeon with such a sharp knife
Foolishly thinking never again to feel pain in this life
Up ahead, around the bend, on down the broken road
So many turns to choose from which way should it go
Feel a presence running alongside ever so hard
Then trip on the clothesline lying across the yard
Stopped dead in the tracks like hitting a brick wall
See the scraped hands that protected the fall
Refuse to continue while laying on the ground
Willing again to ride the horseless merry go round
The tools so needed to aknowledge the pain
Thrown away so long ago during the pouring rain
Searching in vain for answers from without
Through so many years of questions and self doubt
Reject knowing it was deep inside all along
A conscious decision to test the resolve
Continue to fight against the spirit world
While looking into the eyes of that little girl
Like a snap it came out of the darkness
Something familiar you see in the likeness
That for so long was no where to be found
So far out of reach buried deep under ground
Reliving the left turns taken so habitually wrong
Trying to create your own words to the song
Still yearning to find out that knowledge you see
But the words to the song do not come for free
Unwordly things known deep down to exist
Just so many wretched turns and twists
Not for mere humans like you and I
To question the spirits or even ask them why
They really are expecting us to just go along
Even if what seems like an eternity all went so wrong
Keep digging even deeper, way deep down inside
Beyond the tough and utterly foolish pride
Find a reason not to take that last leap of faith
Keeping that last place forbidden to be raped
Word is we all have freedom of choice
Scream so loud till there is no more voice
Attempting to awaken the sleeping fool
Scream louder when all along deep inside are the tools
To dig so much deeper and then much more than that
Keeping courage not to give up or throw in the hat
That's for cowards and for those who are weak
So look to the soul for answers wide and deep
Copyright © Scarlett Sepulvado Anderson | Year Posted 2010
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